Elizabethan
adjective
of or relating to the reign of Elizabeth I, queen of England, or to her times.
pseudo-Elizabethan
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a word derived from
Elizabethan.
Example Sentences
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McNall, a resident actor of the Pearl since 2003, displays considerable classical acting chops in making the most of Davalos' frisky, pseudo-Elizabethan dialogue.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2011
Anne Bancroft does not help the play with her Bronx housewife intonations, but Frank Langella speaks a convincing pseudo-Elizabethan line and conveys the anguish of a young man torn between his responsibilities and his art.
From Time Magazine Archive
Anne Bancroft does not help with her Bronx-housewife intonations, but Frank Langella speaks a convincing pseudo-Elizabethan line and conveys the anguish of a young man torn between his responsibilities and his art.
From Time Magazine Archive
Why desert that form for one which the children cannot so easily follow with "thous" and "werts" and all the artificialities of pseudo-Elizabethan?
From More English Fairy Tales by John Dickson Batten
Our poets desert the domestic landscape to write pseudo-Elizabethan dramas and sonnets about Mont Blanc.
From Modern Essays by Harry Morgan Ayres
